Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Words in charge clarify offence meaning under the governing law, ensuring charge terminology adopts statutory sense. Words used in a charge must be understood according to the meaning assigned by the statute that creates the offence, so that terminology in the charging instrument is read in the sense attached by the law under which the alleged offence is punishable.
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Words in charge clarify offence meaning under the governing law, ensuring charge terminology adopts statutory sense.
Words used in a charge must be understood according to the meaning assigned by the statute that creates the offence, so that terminology in the charging instrument is read in the sense attached by the law under which the alleged offence is punishable.
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